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0 pointsagentultra3y ago0 comments

I still enjoy the Thinkpad T series. They’re older and not sold new but they’re tough as rocks and meant to be user serviceable. Plus, reduce, reuse and all that.

If you’re doing bleeding edge graphics engine programming or ML it wouldn’t be my first choice unless you can deal with an external GPU.

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propogandist3y ago

The T series is still available for purchase, it’s a workhorse for corporate use cases and the most popular model for corporate IT deployments.

There’s the P series which is a bit more premium and usually better specs.

Just beware of overheating & throttling issues with some high end P/X models, especially with 12th gen intel chipsets.

agentultraOP3y ago

My bad, you're right. I usually just buy them second hand.

Which is a pretty good way to go about it. The after market for parts is pretty strong. They're plentiful and refurbished units are cheap enough that you can get a backup or two. With a decent backup system you can clone your setup to a new machine fast.

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